Recent content by Meekyman

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    First bulld for photo-editing

    Thanks folks. BambiBoom, you clearly put a lot of thought into your answer...I was lost a little and am now looking up multi-threading, at the least! I looked up one supplier of Xeon systems and their basic kit came in at £1300, as you suggested! I am really a little overwhelmed. In my...
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    First bulld for photo-editing

    Everyone, I am a photographer generating scanned images of around 0.5GB and digital images of around 25MB. I use Capture Nikon NX2 (notoriously slow) and photoshop elements for editing. I do not take video and am not a gamer. I understand that neither editing programmes uses advanced...
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    Displayport - worth it or not?

    Thanks folks! The set up I was looking at uses an Asus B85M-G motherboard and looking up the specs seems to support displayport: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/B85MG/ The spec for the PC at £799 including periperals, from which I will remove the monitor, is: Cooler Master CM Force 500 Case...
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    Displayport - worth it or not?

    Hi Folks, I am planning a new PC for photo editing, not a gamer. I use Nikon Capture nx2, photoshop elements but not full photoshop. I am planning on buying a eizo monitor that incidental to the reasons I want it, is a 10 bit display. To utilise this 10 bit display, it needs displayport...